Garment-stay.



E. L. HYDE.

GARMENT STAY.

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Patented Dec. 26, 1916.,

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ELBnnrL. HYDE, or rrrrsnunen, rnunsynrania, COMPANY, or MEADVILLE, rnnnsynvaurn,

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ASSIGNOR TO THE SPIRELLA A QORPORATION OF PENNSYL- GARMENT-STAY.

Specification of Letters ratent. Patqgnt gd 13 26, 1915,

Application filed July 21, 1914. Serial No. 852,257.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELBERT L; HYDE, a resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garment-stays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment stays and particularly to wire stays for use in corsets or other like articles of wearing apparel.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple stay which can be readily manufactured, which is flexible and resilient, which yields readily in all directions, which includes a long length of wire in a stay of given dimensions, and which is reinforced along its edges so that it is not liable to take a permanent set when subjected to short bends, and also distributes the wear over a long length of wire.

The invention comprises the stay hereinafter described and claimed.

ln-the drawings Figure 1 represents a face view of one form of stay embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; and Fig. 3 is a view corresponding to Fig. 2 and illustrating a modification.

The stay shown in the drawings is formed of wire and in the embodiments illustrated is formed of a single wire 1 which is bent back and forth across the stay from edge to edge thereof and preferably along diagonal lines to form a series of loops or eyes 2 lying along the edges of the stay and connected by diagonally extending portions or crossings 3. The diagonal arrangement of the crossings brings the loops or eyes 2 along opposite edges of the stay substantially opposite each other. Said loops all extend longitudinally toward the ends of the stay, and preferably, although not necessarily, each. loop overlaps the next adjacent crossing portion of the wire as indicated at 5. Said extensions may also be somewhat returned upon the main portions f the loops so that they project inwardly toward the center line of the stay, although this is not necessary. Each loop has a rounded or arched outer portion 4, which portions of the wire form comparatively smooth edges of the stay and prevent it from wearing through the stay pocket in which'it is placed, which might occur if the edges of the stay included sharp or angular bends or kinks in the wire as in some forms of stay. The loops along opposite edges of the stay point in opposite directions. In other words, the loops along one edge of the stay point toward one end thereof, while those along the other edge of the stay point toward the other end thereof. These loops may point toward either end of the stay, so long as they point in opposite directions. Fig. 1 illustrates an arrangement in which the loops are disposed at an obtuse angle to the diagonally extending crossings 3, while Fig. 3 shows an arrangement in which the loops point in the other direction, and form an acute angle with the diagonally extending portions or crossings. Either arrangement is satisfactory, although the form shown in Fig. 1 may bemanufactured more readily and the bends in the wire are not so sharp as in the other form.

In both forms of the invention described each loopof the wire is connected to two loops onthe opposite edge of the stay by two crossing portions of the wire, to wit, a long crossing 3 and a shorter crossing 6, all of said crossings being substantially straight from loop to loop and lying parallel to each other and at an angle to an outer transverse line across the stay. This arrangement enables the stay to be readily manufactured by simple operations, and also increases its life, due to the fact that the wires do not cross or interlock with each other, excepting onlvwhere successive loops overlap and mutually brace each other.

The stay described is simple and includes a long length of wire in a stay of given dimensions; It is reinforced along its edges by the overlapping of the loops upon. adjacent crossings which increases the resilience of the stay and its ability to resist bending strains, particularly in the liatwise direction.

nected by straight parallel diagonally extending crossings, the loops or eyes along opposite edges of the stay extending toward the opposite ends thereof and overlapping the next adjacent crossing portions of the wire.

'3 of the stay and connected by straight par- 2. A garment stay, comprising Wire bent and extending in opposite directions longi back and forth from edge to edge of the tudinally of the stay. 1% stay to form a serles of longitudinally eX- In testlmony whereof I have hereunto set tending loops or eyes lying; along the edges my hand.

ELBEBT L. HYDE.

allel diagonally extending crossings, the Witnesses: loops or eyes along opposite edges of the GLENN H. LERESCHE, stay being substantmlly opposite each other WILLIAM B. VVHARTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ?atents, Washington, D. C. 

